Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:06:18 -0500 From: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> To: efinleywork@efinley.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> Subject: Re: a new way to hang 7.0 Message-ID: <4779218A.9080206@protected-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <n73in3t88o174vnk9u19tdmnqusdo0ime3@4ax.com> References: <200712301219.29839@aldan> <n73in3t88o174vnk9u19tdmnqusdo0ime3@4ax.com>
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Elliot Finley wrote: > -L has been hanging systems ever since it existed. Don't use it. I've been using it since it was implemented on many different machines and never had a real problem with it. I always had the expectation that snap-shot creation would be disk-intensive, however, and that implies that I don't demand anything else from the file-systems concerned during that time. Also a "guaranteed clean" source file-system is mandatory - checking everything with 'fsck -y' after an inadvertent power-cycle is wise, Michael
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